the show. >> here locally, president and first lady will honor the victims at the pentagon and a memorial will also be held in shanksville. a live report on the other local events planned for today. straight up 6:00 on this tuesday, september 11th. taking a live look out over washington, d.c. and temperatures are right now a little bit on the cooler side as we start your tuesday. time now to bring in tucker barnes with a little bit on our changing weather. >> back in the 40s in some spots. >> you need a light jacket, long sleeved shirt as kids were headed to the bus stop. we'll warm it up again in the upper 70s. a few spots will be close to

80. i know its astartling, isn't it? sound like the law and order theme music is what tony said yesterday. >> no rain appeared today. nothing more than a few clouds from time to time. lots of sunshine and dry. i mean the humidity levels are in check too here for your afternoon. let's a do some temperatures now at reagan national. we are at 57 degrees. but much of the area, particularly north and west has fallen back into the 40s. even some mid-40s. 50 right now in pittsburgh. 43 in binghamton. the entire mid-atlantic northeast seaboard here enjoying some own unseasonably cold temperatures. >> lost temperatures. thank you, tucker. >> time now to say hello to julie wright. see what is happening with on- time traffic. >> we do have say the bit of an incident to report as you guys continue in montgomery county along woodfield and warfield. that is where we have the crash

involve ago i motorcyclist. we find the crew in sky fox there. it is dark but you think you can see the thrashing lights as you travel along warfield in the direction of 124. very little delay here at the scene. one lane is able to get by. no delays to report on the side. lanes are open if you are traveling westbound. eastbound, no problems reported at this time. if you are traveling southbound along 270, you find that the pace is slowing as you approach 109 continuing out towards the truck scales. no incidents to report out of clarkburg continuing out past mva. outer loop of the beltway looks good between college park and bethesda. inbound new york avenue, the stalled car reported here. volume building from south dakota avenue. no problems to report on ken ill orgt south of 50 headed out towards pennsylvania avenue. -- kenilworth south of 50 headed out towards pennsylvania avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. remember is 9-11 this morning. one of the first i'mens to mark this 11th anniversary came last night from southwestern pennsylvania. 40 lanterns lit to remember the victims would died on flight 93

when the hijacked plane went down in shanksville. vice president biden will visit that memorial site today. and a remembrance event will be held in new york city. the freedom tower is lit in red, white and blue. it is the first building of the complex which will eventually replace the old world trade center. nearby at the 9-11 memorial at ground zero, the reading of the names ceremony will get under way in a few hours and closer to home at the pentagon, they are getting ready to honor the lives lawsuit there. melanie alnwick has more from the pentagon. >> reporter: good morning. president obama and the first lady will observe a moment of silence on the south launch the white house and then they will take a helicopter here to the pentagon for a september 11th ceremony here as well. let's take you back to that day. american airlines flight 77 left dulles at 8:20 in the morning. it was supposed to go to last instead, five hijackers took over plane, turned it around and crashed no t. into the

pentagon at 9:37:00 a.m. killing the crew of sick and all 53 passengers as well as the hijackers. the plane hit the building on the first floor level. one section of the building collapsed. 125 workers here that day were also killed. the pentagon memorial was completed and open to the public in 2008, the seventh anniversary of the attacks. it is usually open around the clock but it will be closed this morning for the ceremonies marking september 11th with the president and the first lady. defense secretary leon panetta will be in charge of those ceremonies this morning. here is a look at how things are going to go. president obama will lay a wreath. we'll hear the national anthem. the army chief of chaplains will give an invocation. there will be a moment of sile ents at -- of silence at 9:37 in the morning. the president and first lady

will then go to walter reed naval medical center to visit with wounded warriors there. there are other ceremonies around the area marking the day as well including a prayer service at the washington national cathedral. >> thank you. new this morning, prince george's county police are investigating after a shooting in district heights. this happened around 1:30:00 a.m. along gateway boulevard mere the hemingway memorial ame church. we are still waiting on more details about the victim or victims in this. so far, no word on a suspect or motive at this time. >> d.c. police hope new surveillance video will lead to the arrest of a suspect accused of shooting a rite aid employee. this man walked into the rite aid on sunday night. he entered the store wearing a surgical mask and shot the assistant manager in both legs. this is the second time an employee at this particular rite aid in northeast has been shot. the first incident happened in april and that suspect has been arrested. a 17-year-old boy shot on

the first day of school in baltimore county woke up at home this morning after spending two week in the hospital. police say he was randomly hit when another student opened fire in the cafeteria. he has down's syndrome and said he was excited to play with his dog, make tacos and watch the ravens game last night. he says he would like to go back to school while his parments say they haven't looked that far ahead yet. tropical storm leslie gaining strength. where it is headed today. >> a bitter contract dispute still has chicago's public school teachers on strike this morning. what they are demanding before they head back to the classroom. that is coming up. i didn't knos where in season right now. shh's no no no no no no.. rosco ..no, no, no... ♪ opera

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is back to the picket line again. the big issues are performance evaluations and recall rights for laid-off teachers. >> congress is back to the work in the nation's capital but little ask is expected. lawmaker wanted to return to their districts to campaign for re-elect as soon as possible. house members could leave as early as friday and no later than next week. the senate is likely to have a shortened september schedule as well. both parties plan to take up issues related to our military veterans before leaving. tropical storm leslie is expected to make landfall in newfoundland. canadian officials are warning of possible flooding there and are predicting 12 hours of up tense rain which could lead to landslides in some areas. forecasters also say leslie is gaining trek as it moves over warm water. there is a big stink in parts of california. we'll tell you what prompted a flood of complaints involving rotten odors. >> nasty. >> upset resident in the district sounded off last night about the hefty prices that you pay in you are caught by a speed camera. more on their beef with police and city leaders when we come back. [ male announcer ] for the dreamers...

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officials in southern california are trying to figure out what is causing a rotten egg smell. they say residents living across a 10,000 square mile radius started complaining about the odor yesterday. some officials think the foul smell may be coming from the salt in the sea. authorities say the recent storm may have churned the water and unleashed a bacteria from the sea floor. >> he was just there. >> let me just tell you. i smelled it. tiffs in southern california for a wedding, not my own. >> not yet. >> and it stunk. >> i was in southern california for a wedding, not my own. >> it was amazingly strong. i can't really describe it.

kind of rotten eggs. the. >> the whole time you were there? >> no, no, no, there was a big windstorm and then it happened later that night. isn't that weird? >> that is strange. >> i asked all the locals and they were like yeah, it happens. >> no big deal. >> it just happens. >> yeah. >> it wasn't me. let's get to the temperatures, i guarantee you. 10,000 square miles, that is a lot. 77 at reagan national. dulles, 76. bwi marshall, 75 degrees. a few degrees below seasonal. yesterday, our temperatures about five degrees below seasonal. we have gotten very cool overnight. very comfortable. what i great start to your day. 57 now in washington. 60 in annapolis. off to the north and west, gaithersburg, 46 degrees. look at all the 40s here to

your north and west. dulles, 49 degrees. that is the coolest temperature at dulles since may 19th. you get the idea how chilly these temperatures are. probably a long sleeved shirt if you will be at the bus stop for a long period of time. it should be another beautiful affect with lots of sunshine expected. look at our satellite-radar. it works, but there is nothing going on. we'll be nice and dry for the next several days. as that area of high pressure starts to push farther east, our winds will shift and that will warm thins back up into the 80s around here for your day tomorrow. here is your forecast for today. lots of sunshine. just a beautiful afternoon. 79degrees is your daytime high. winds out of the north and east at five miles per hour. later tonight, 55 the overnight hoe. winds out of the south here and they will be shifting out of the south and that will allow the warmer air in tomorrow. we'll have cooler air in and enjoy the next couple of days. here is your seven-day forecast. we are warming up into the mid-

80s wednesday and thursday. still a lot of sunshine expected around here for the middle and end of the week. it will just be a few showers around here late in the day on sunday. that is a look at the weather forecast. let's get the latest on traffic with julie wright. julie, the smell in not me. >> i heard the part about a wedding. you were in a wedding? you got married? >> no, i attended a wedding. >> you know i can't hear today. i mean ifb, the short there. the bigger question is does she know she got married to you. that is the bigger question. the crew in sky fox with us right now. they are joining us above 270 where the lanes are open. the pace is slow approaching and doesn't look too busy here. earlier incident we had on the shoulder, drawing a little bit of attention there. that is closer to father hurley boulevard there in germantown. if you are traveling northbound

along i-95, lanes are open, not too bitsy out of dale city. 41miles per hour as you continue out of woodbridge headed towards newington. thafng will slow up towards 395. your land are open continuing from the capital beltway out towards duke street. no incidents to report at this time. traffic flowing freely in the hov land as well headed northbound out towards the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. a heads up now for drivers in frederick, maryland. starting today, new speed cameras will be set up along three work zones. construction on the motor avenue bridge over route 15, widening of motor avenue and possum up two pike. the speed limit is 55 miles per hour and violate ires on could face fines up to $40. in the district, resident are sounding off about speed

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stocks snap a three-day winning streak and the economy is about to get a big boost thanks to the new iphone. lauren simonetti with fox business network is live in new york with the business beat. good morning to you, lauren. >> good morning. >> so what happened? what led to the snap of this three-day streak? >> uncertainty, uncertainty, uncertainty. a couple of key meeting this week in europe. will they approve the permanent bailout sphund? we're wondering about that. will the fed inject more money into the economy. we find out about that on thursday. -- will they approve the permanent bailout fund. the dow is off 52 points. the nasdaq droped a full percent. the iphone five about is to come out. a lot of people talk about it. it is owe so popular, it is strong enough to boost the

economy? >> you capt make this stuff up. but the j. p. morgan chief economist says the upcoming release of the iphone 5, miewpped you had t. has not even been announced yet, we are expecting that tomorrow, he says robust sales of the iphone 5 could boost gross domestic product up by about half a percent. -- you can't make it stuff up. he said he expects eight million of the new phones to be sold and he figured about $400 each. the phone retail for $600 and then you've got to figure $200 go for the imported parts. so at $400 each, he says that could boost the economy by more than $3 billion in the quarter. >> that is amazing that that little phone can do so much and i'm three phones behind. can you believe that? >> i'm five phones behind. i don't even have one. and apple hasn't even announced it. >> that is amazing.

let's talk about something else that i found interesting. about this volt. they are losing money on the volt car? >> yeah, this is a story about fuzzy math. essentially, rights are says that gm loses $49,000 for every chevy volt that it says. but general motors says not. reuters looked at the numbers inaccurately. they are looking at per vehicle but we are looking at it as the technology being used and we are investing in the technology for the lifeline of the entire volt category. so they say reuters got it wrong but still, the chevy volt is kind of like a political symbol for the bailout that general motors got. they said they have all this new electric technology and sales of the volt have certainly been disappointing. >> all right. you and i both have to get caught up on our phone situations. we are a little bit behind. >> we do. >> thank you very much for that report. always good to see you. a maryland democrat running for a congressional seat in the state drops out just two months before the election. we'll tell you why coming up.

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back now on fox 5 morning news this morning and we want to till about some of the 9-11 events the public can take part in today. a remembrance ceremony at the fairfax county government center begins at #:30:00 a.m. >> a day of service at bridge community college in largo begins at 8:00 this morning. the town of vienna, virginia holds its commemmoration at 10:00 a.m. at the historic free man house. opportunities to reflect and civic will also take place at d.c.'s freedom plaza from 11:30:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. prince william county hold a ceremony at 1:30 this afternoon at the liberty memorial in woodbridge and the town of

leesburg will honor 9-11 victims tonight at 6:30 on the town green. and it is going to be just a very clear, sunny day to get out and attend those events. >> very quiet weather. kid heading to the bus stop, long sleeved shirt, early this morning and later today, the 70s. we are nice and quiet this morning. even later this afternoon, we should be dealing with bright sunshine. not expecting rain here for the next couple of days. so typically nice weather has arrived just in time for the middle of september here. temperature at reagan national now, 57 degrees. parts of the area in the 40s, the mid-40s. it is chilly some spots. look like frederick right now, 45 degrees. pittsburgh, 50. up in boston, we are 53 degrees. nice, cool start across new england down to the mid- atlantic. lots of sunshine. could be a cloud or two this afternoon with highs in the mid-

to upper 70s. beautiful. let's see how things are looking out on the roadways. checking in with julie wright with the latest on our traffic. >> now, we are receiving word of accident activity eastbound on 50 after stone cross boulevard. that is tie up the left side of the highway. keep your eyes peeled for that. on the roads, 395 northbound leaving duke street heavy volume continues out towards seminary road with all of the lane here open. 95 dim below speed headed northbound as you continue from aquia harbor headed in towards dumfries. southbound 270 with lanes open, no incidents to report leaving 1009 through the truck scales. traffic will slow in germantown headed south towards 124, montgomery village avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. new this morning, prince george's county police are investigating after a shooting in district heights. it happened around 1:30:00 a.m. along gateway boulevard near the hemingway memorial ame church. we are still baiting on more

details about the vic -- we are still waiting on more details about the victim or victims. montgomery county police are investigating how a toddler fell into i swimming pool and drowned. it happened at a home on sandy knoll drive in oln he want y yesterday. a nanny found the boy in the pool. a neighbor performed cpr you he later died at the hospital. police haven't decided whether to file charges. it has been two and a half weeks since a 17-year-old girl from kettering was killed in her home on chartsey street. police are still searching for a motive. last newt, hundreds of residents packed the community center to get an update on the murder of amber stanley. she was shot and killed after an armed man broke into her home. her mother hopes someone will step forward with information. >> we need help. we need the community to pull together and get this person or persons, whoever did this horrendous murder that killed

my baby, my baby girl. >> detectives are asking anyone who may have even or heard anything unusual on the night of august 22nd to contact the prince george's county tip line. police are all offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in this case. a travel insurance company is suing a maryland man who was once a suspect in the death of the travel companion in arube actual the lawsuit filed by an american express subsidiary seek to avoid a travel insurance policy that gary giordano took out in robyn gardner's name before their trip. he was arrested after gardner went missing in aruba last year. he was released due to lack of evidence. a democratic candidate for congress in maryland is dropping out of the race after the state party said she voted in two states. windy rosen says she is withdrawing from the first district congressional race. the 57-year-old is from miami but lives in cockeysville, maryland.

the maryland democratic party says she voted in both maryland and florida in the 2006 elections and in the 2008 presidential primarys. primary time now for the morning line. coming off a successful trip to nurleddens, the redskin get a break today. they will return to the practice field to get ready for their next opponent, the st. louis rams. the team is, however, dealing with some pretty serious injuries. safety jordan bernstein is out for the year with a severe right knee injury. he will be replaced by jordan pugh. nick sundberg suffered a broken arm in and spes game. there is no timetable for his return. and tomorrow, wide receiver pierre garcon will test his sore foot. he didn't expect to list a lot of playing time. the ravens at home taking on the bengals and joe flaco looks outstanding.

even the baltimore defense got in on it on this offensive explosion. that is ed reed, my favorite football player, sarah. he returned it for 34 yards for i atouchdown. ravens go on to rout cincinnati 44-13. the nats in new york to face the mets. ryan zimmerman blasts one to center field for the two-run homer to go up by three. gio gonzalez notched his 19th victory. the nats win and now have the lead over the braves. that is the morning line. eleven years later, nation pauses once again to remember the victims of the september 11th terror attacks. we are headed for new york city for a look at what is planned today for a look 9-11

memorial and ground zero. both presidential candidate are taking a break from the campaign trail today. we'll have more after this. hi there.

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continuing our coverage of the 9-11 attacks on this 11th anniversary. besides all the events here in our area, there are ceremonies this morning at the site of ground zero as well. robert moses is live in new york city with with more on today's commemmorations. good morning, robert. >> reporter: good morning to you. good morning, everyone. the one major difference this year compared to fire chief years is that politicians have not been invited to speak at the ceremony so the voices that we hear today will be the voices of the loved ones of those who died 11 years ago. want to show you some of the precautions that have been taken here in lower manhattan. clearly, security is very tight even though this will be a more

muted fair today. you can see the barricades are up. many of the side streets here around ground zero are restricted to vehicle traffic and pedestrian traffic is also restricted. even though this will be a more laid back ceremony this year, many parts of the ceremony will be familiar. namely, the six moments of silence commemmorating when those flights crashed 11 years ago. also commemmorating the moments when the north and south towers fell here in lower manhattan. the family members of the victims of 9-11 will be the ones who will read the nearly 3,000 names of those who died on that day. i just want to show you where we're standing here. we are in the shadow of a imagine of thetic view. this is one world trade center behind me rising up. construction continues even as we mark this 11th anniversary. this is a majestic and meaningful view on any day but on a day like today, it seem to

be more meaningful than normal as we look back on the 11 years that have gone by since that horrible day. back to you. >> i know we have been talking as of late about the controversy, a funding dispute over the new york city 9-11 museum. iened late last night, we have some good word coming out of that? >> -- i understand late last night, we have some good word coming out of that. >> correct. basically. the hjort authority has to continue the building process. -- the port authority has to continue the building process. the dispute appears to have been resolved and it came on the eve of the 11th anniversary of the attacks that. museum is not expected to be heady even for next year's anniversary but part thfer -- of this agreement will lay out a schedule of when that will hope. not only will there within a

place where people can come and remember those two died but they can understand the story behind 9-11, exactly what happened on that day and children who weren't alive on that day can know the horrible events that led up to and resulted from these terrible attacks. >> thankfully, some sort of resolution coming out of that for this day. robert moses in new york for us. thank you so much. so how is our national security now? eleven years after the nerve attacks. coming up in the next hour, we are speaking live with the national security correspondent for wtop to find out if we are any safer now than we were in 2001. both presidential campaigns are toning down the rhetoric and pulling their negative ads in recognition of the 9-11 anniversary. a new memorial is slowly taking shape at ground zero and a new type of ceremony will take place today as robert moses

just mentioned. no elected leaders will speak in new york. the focus will family members of those killed 11 years ago today. >> despite the up imaginable tragedy of 9-11 itself, the day is also about the spirit of unity we saw in the aftermath. >> president obama will do his traditional observances with a moment of silence at the white house followed by a wreath laying ceremony at the pentagon. mitt romney is in las vegas today to talk stand speak for the national guard association -- to talk and speak to the national guard association eastchester a deadly mistake in new orleans. a woman shot and killed her husband after she thought he was an intruder breaking into hair home. as of right now, no charges have been filed. the mayor of trenton, judge is out on bail after he was arrested as part of a corruption investigation. tony mann and his cocon pier

are tos arrest excused accepting more than $1 had you,000 in bribes to sell a parking lot for the fraction of its value. the deal was a fake. a horrible scene during a las vegas broadcast. commentator jerry lawler chanced at a wrestling latch last night. it turns out he had a heart attack. his broadcast partner told the television audience that the situation is quite serious but that he is breathing on his own. he is 62 years old and right now, we have no word on his condition. >> what a scary scene there. we hope he continues to recover. let's check in with tucker now for the latest on our weather. >> good morning. just beautiful conditions out there. it is a little cool. temperatures overnight falling back into the 40s across much of the area and hang in there. the sunshine will warm us up

into the mid- to upper 70s. just a nice time of year. let's kick off the forecast with a look at your numbers. startling. haven't gotten used to it yet. 57 now in washington. 60 in annapolis. that is the warm spot. look at all the 40s. 45 this morning in frederick. if it feels like it is a little cool, not your imagination. these temperatures running a good five, 10-degree below what would be considered normal for the 11th day of september. 51 in fredericksburg. quantico, got a report from you, 5 # degree. so again, comfortable temperature overnight. cool temperatures overnight. -- 55 degrees. high pressure parked just out to the west will keep things nice and dry for us. sunny and seasonable here for the next couple of days. we will start to warm things up a little bit as we get into our wednesday and thursday, middle of the week here as high pressure starts to push a little further to the east. here is what is happening. tropical storm leslie out of here off to the north and east.

maximum winds there at 70 miles per hour. our focus on this area of high pressure which is just dominating the eastern half of the country keeping much of the country quiet and dry, that area of high pressure will go to the east and allow to us warm things up here. a good-looking forecast here for the middle and end of the week. 79 today, sunshine. just a beautiful afternoon. winds out of the north and east at five. temperatures reaching the mid- 80s tomorrow. still not bad. that is close to where it should be. and then as we get into the weekend, there could be a few showers around here late in the weekend by sunday and monday. but certainly wouldn't cancel any plans based on that and lots of outdoor activities, high school football games, that kind of thing, should be a great weekend for it coming up. >> be in all that sunshine. >> that is the best part of it. >> tony perkins. >> good morning. hello, tawshz. >> good morning. >> welcome back. >> thank you. >> we missed you.

now that tucker is here, you know whats time for. -- hello tucker barnes. >> you know what it is time for. >> was it ask tony and gwen yesterday? >> no, we called it tony and tucker. >> was it the same? >> of course not, you are different people. >> okay. >> the segment is named after you tucker. >> it does have your name on it. >> here we go. >> welcome back. >> this is the segment where tucker and i put our heads togo answer your most pressing questions, weather-related or otherwise. because it is your first day back, we have kind of an easy question. not too taxing. no research has to be done. >> i can't wait. >> today's question comes from matt schwartz in woodbridge. this is what matt wrote. we didn't make it up. >> do either tony or tucker have a degree in meteorology. i figure tucker was hired under

the old weather girl rules. he presents well on tv and looks good. tony probably got his knowledge the hard way. he was flown thrown -- thrown in the pot and had to learn on the run. >> this is a friend of yours, isn't it in. >> no, it is not. this is a question that was sent in. >> this is probably gwen. >> may be. that's right. >> oh, tucker. >> well, let me just start by saying that i was at a wedding in southern california over the weekend and i definitely would not be hired based on the weather girl rules in southern california. wow! >> am i in a locker room right now? >> we're just being honest. we're having and honest conversation. guys and girls. >> tv in california -- jeerve is beautiful. >> they all look like models. >> having said that, the -- what he is referring to is many, man years ago although apparently it is still in place in some places, many years ago,

i mean i'm talking like the '60s, early '70s. frequently, women were hired based on how good they looked. it wasn't anything more than that. i mean you have to have some skill but here is tucker and i. i'll go first. i'm the older one i do not have a degree in meteorology which is why, when i was doing the weather, for all those years, whenever somebody would refer to me as i ameteorologist, i would correct them and saw i am not a meteorologist. i was hired to do the weather many years ago. i've studied t but matthew, you are right. a lot of it was trial by fire. i don't have a degree in meteorology. so i have a degree in communication but i had to learn it but i am not a

meteorologist. tucker, owned. >> so, when we go to area schools, i always start with my little presentation. i always tell the kids that i pretty much knew at a very early age that i wanted to do weather. and pursued it my entire life. so i have no other skills. have i a meteorology degree and my graduate degree was in climatology. so yeah, i have a meteorologist degree and a climatology degree. >> just trying to show off now. >> no, i mean, again, don't have any other skills. i'm being honest. i tried construction. dancing, no skill. >> modeling, did you try model something. >> i would never make it. >> a good looking man? >> i'm too short. >> the trend in television, you can be a meteorology and work in any number of places, not just tv obviously. but the trend over the last many years, 10, 12, 15 years in

television has been to have meteorologists doing the weather because for a long time, some were meteorologists, some were not. now the tendency is to have meteorologists do it. >> we appreciate it. >> good question. kind of a strange way to ask it but we appreciate it. >> matt was messing with you. >> that is why tucker pushed me out of the weather department. >> if you have a question you want answered, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab. no jazzy music or anything? >> where is it? >> we feel cheated. >> i can sing if you guys prefer. >> no, we'll go without. >> hey! i'm not tucker. >> no, no, air not. i can carry a tune in a bucket.

i bet you have some skills. >> tucker has. >> julie, you're talented. >> we've done karaoke together, right? >> we have. we were the only two left standing in the when it was over. >> sees a not lying about that by the way. >> all right. on the roads, northbound i-95, main line definitely slow out of woodbridge headed northbound. accident activity reported in the main lines. -- she's not lying about that by the way. you will find on 395, you are below speed leaving duke street headed out towards seminary road. southbound 270 trying to make your way out of urbana headed out. all lanes on 270 or open at this time. >> no incidents to report or the beltway, just some volume past university boulevard. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. a health alert now for new parents.

we know that late night feedings can leave you sleep deprived and dealing with an infant who cries through night can lead to depression, especially for mothers. doctors don't recommend leaving babies alone to let them cry themselves to sleep. a new study says acupuncture can ease aches better than usual pain treatment apparently. some doctors believe even for the impact of the needle therapy is psychological, there is still no reason not to offer it if it makes people feel better. in recent years, it has become more mainstream. military has even used it to help treat pain from war wounds. amajor milestone for a local veteran. today, alice dixon is turning 105 years old. this is a picture of dixon serving in world war ii. she is the one sitting down. she joined the military at the age of 31. he was one of the first

familiar women in the army. at the age of 105 now, dixon lives in virginia medical center's community living center. she has been there for more than 10 years and is still an active member on the residents board. >> 105. these looks good. >> job well done. ahead this morning, instead of breakfast, our holly morris is cooking up a fiesta mexicana. >> looks good. as mexico gears up its ped exday, we are getting ready for the celebration on the set o'local cooking show. -- as mexico gears up for its independence day. good. exits are here, here, and here. a big day calls for the big n' toasted breakfast sandwich. grab yours at dunkin' donuts.

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because this is where she also shoots her cooking show. it is called "patty's mexican table" and getting ready to enter the second season. the first was wildly popular. i think seen in 94% of american households? this morning she's going to teach us about mexican peppers and chilies and tomatoes and give us a dish we can all cook because her specialty really is mexican cooking for the american kitchen and we have kelly jenkins from capital decor. how to do some beautiful easy arrangements like this. colors of the mexican flag get it? it's a fiesta mexican on a tuesday, sarah and wisdom. >> my stomach is growling right now. time now for the facebook fan of the day and today we say hello to danielle johnson. she has spent the last two decades waking up to fox 5 and says she loves how the team

works so well together. >> good. >> well, we're just one big happy family. >> that's right. >> for your chance to be the fan of the day, log on to the facebook page and leave a comment under danielle's picture. >> that does it for the 6:00 hour. now over to allison and tony. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning, good tuesday morning to both of you. good morning everybody. on fox 5 morning news now, mark, 11 years since the worst terror attack on u.s. soil. we lo go live to ground -- will go live to ground zero and the pentagon to see how the nation will mark this solemn anniversary. plus another day on the picket lines for tens of thousands of teachers in chicago. we'll take a closer look at what's at stake in the strike and why the presidential campaigns are weighing in. >> and later, not quite the fab five. but the mets' rookies give team usa's tights their best shots. what do you think about that? fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now.